On a hesitative collocation in Russian spontaneous speech: как его (ее , их ) in its functional versions

This article continues a series of researches devoted to hesitative pauses filling in Russian spontaneous speech aimed at creation of a special dictionary of verbal hesitative units. The object here is the hesitative collocation как его (ее, их) (kak ego (eje, ikh)) that basically appears in difficult speech situations and signs that the speaker is searching for the right word/phrase to continue the speech. All peculiarities of the collocation usage including the self-correction unit или как его там (ili kak ego tam) that is not exactly a filler for hesitative pauses are considered in detail.